{"nrhp_refnum":"76001388","name":"Buehl House","other_names":["Dr. John Clark House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"118 E. Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berea","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.36610808200004,"lon":-81.84959968899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cut Berea sandstone house at 118 East Bridge Street in Berea, Ohio, built around 1859, probably by Dr. John Clark. It is known as the Buehl Home and was originally listed as the Dr. John Clark House.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a symbol of the Berea sandstone quarrying industry, which made \"Berea Grit\" famous. It is also described as one of the few local examples of a free masonry style developed from hand-tooled sandstone. Its owners over time were recognized citizens of the community.","narrative":"Built around 1859, this two-story house at 118 East Bridge Street in Berea, Ohio, is constructed of cut Berea sandstone. The front is polished block, the sides unpolished block, and the rear rough-hewn stone. It has a hip roof with a center chimney, a pilastered entrance with sidelights and transom, and a later one-story stone kitchen addition. Inside, oak moldings, built-in china closets and original fireplaces survive across ten rooms. Dr. John Clark, a physician active in the 1860s, is believed to have built it, and the Buehl family owned it from 1918. Berea's quarries supplied grindstones and building stone used in structures such as the Ohio Capitol, and quarries once reached the back and side door of this property. The house was recognized as a symbol of that industry and as one of few local examples of a free masonry style using hand-tooled sandstone. The Berea Historical Society hoped to turn it into a museum of local history.","period_of_significance":"c. 1859","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Greek Revival (free masonry style developed from hand-tooled sandstone)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered, with a later one-story kitchen addition; used as a private residence at the time of nomination. The Berea Historical Society hoped to buy it for a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.497254-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001388.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001388/b0261ab535-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001388/b0261ab535-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Light","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buehl_House_P8300071.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Light</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buehl_House_P8300071.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buehl_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4985356"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/buehl-house-76001388/"}